Las Vegas Nevada-1977: Elevated Panorama of Illuminated Hotels and Low-Rise Buildings

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Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
Duration9s
Price$149 USD
Collection1977 · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1977 · Nevada & Las Vegas · Reel 4508c507 contains 5 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

tourism
hotel stays
urban development
nightlife
city observation
travel memories
changing skylines

Shot type: extreme wide
Camera: pan · handheld · Elevated, looking downward across rooftops toward the skyline
Setting: outdoor · Urban hotel district with low-rise buildings, parking areas and illuminated towers
Time and weather: Dusk · Undetermined · No visible precipitation
Lighting: Low ambient twilight with illuminated signs, hotel facades and exterior lamps
People: 0 · No people are discernible at this distance.
Vehicles: parked cars
Landmarks: Las Vegas Strip skyline
Objects: hotel towers · low-rise buildings · flat roofs · parking lots · illuminated roadside signs · exterior lamps · trees · roads
Colors: blue · purple · black · cream · pink · yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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An elevated view opens across low roofs toward illuminated hotels and roadside signs.
The camera pans right, revealing more of the tall hotel blocks and parking areas.
A brightly outlined hotel tower dominates the upper center above parked cars.
The camera swings left toward the glowing signs and earlier skyline.

Elevated Panorama of Illuminated Hotels and Low-Rise... — Clip Details

Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1977 home movie footage shows an elevated view across low-rise buildings toward illuminated Strip hotels. The camera pans right over flat roofs, dark trees and rows of parked cars, bringing a tall hotel block toward the center. It then swings back left toward glowing roadside signs and scattered city lights. The continuous dusk view has a strong blue cast, soft detail and visible film grain.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Wide shotExteriorHandheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 9s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003545

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1977 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports documentary and museum requests for an elevated Las Vegas hotel district view circa 1977, with illuminated towers above low-rise development.
Period detail: The hotel forms, large illuminated roadside signs and parked cars support a 1970s setting, though the cars are too distant for model identification.
Home-movie behavior: The searching rightward pan and return movement convey a visitor surveying the lights from a high vantage point.
What appears in frame: Pale flat-roofed buildings fill the foreground beneath dark trees, parked cars, exterior lamps, illuminated signs and tall hotel blocks.
Film character: Visible grain, blue-purple color, glowing highlights and handheld motion preserve the texture of small-gauge film recorded from projection.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or transition between hotel interiors, gambling scenes and nighttime street footage.
Historical context: The panorama shows the Strip's illuminated hotel skyline alongside nearby low-rise buildings and surface parking circa 1977.
Research note: No people are discernible; hotel properties and illuminated branding remain visible, and film copyright does not itself establish property or trademark permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for Las Vegas dusk panoramas, illuminated Strip hotels and visitor-shot small-gauge home movies circa 1977.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the reel's hair-arranging, casino table and mechanical slot-machine clips, then Las Vegas exteriors circa 1977 and other dusk travel panoramas.

Still Frames From This Clip

Las Vegas circa 1977: low-rise rooftops and dark trees below glowing Strip signs in a blue dusk panorama. — Glowing roadside signs rise beyond low roofs and trees.
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Las Vegas Strip circa 1977: illuminated hotel blocks overlook low-rise buildings and rows of parked cars at dusk. — Hotel towers appear beyond the foreground buildings and parking area.
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Las Vegas circa 1977: a tall illuminated hotel block above flat-roofed development and parked cars in blue twilight. — The rightward pan centers a tall hotel block with illuminated roof edges.
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Las Vegas circa 1977: the returning panorama brings a glowing Strip sign back above pale buildings and dark trees. — The returning pan brings the bright roadside sign back into view.
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